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1 of 1B - [pre-cancerous cell] to [normal cell] 1 of 1M - [false-positive cell] to [cells tested] So, given my poor stats background and guessing what that me
by bergerj 14y ago
1 of 1B - [pre-cancerous cell] to [normal cell]
1 of 1M - [false-positive cell] to [cells tested]
So, given my poor stats background and guessing what that means...
1B - cells tested
1k - false-positive cells
1 - pre-cancerous cell
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20T - ALL cells tested
20M - false-postive cells
20k - pre-cancerous cells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell#Human_erythrocytes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell#Human_erythrocyt...
- Ralith 14y agoSo one in one thousand positive results is legitimate. How is this tool remotely useful?
- DanBC 14y agoThey don't mention their false negative rate, nor any of the rates for competing tech. So we can't say that this device catches the one in X that other machines don't catch. And we can't say that this machine finds 1 in 1,000, where competing machines only finds 1 in 100,000. In theory early detection is good, but I'm not sure what treatment is available if cells are found this early ad the stress for the other 1,000 people is going to be significant.